Anna Barker
@annabarker.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Criminal Justice & Criminology | Centre for Criminal Justice Studies | University of Leeds | Views My Own | PI Safer Parks Project | Co-I @greenaware.bsky.social
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Anna Barker
@annabarker.bsky.social
· Sep 17
We're excited to launch a major #SaferParks: #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign in partnership with @suzylamplughtrust.bsky.social @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social #GreenFlagAward to build a community of active bystanders and make our parks safer, more inclusive spaces for all
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📣School of Law academic in the news!
Our Professor Graham Farrell leads a national conference urging rounded kitchen knives to curb stabbings, presenting research on knife-harm reduction to victims, campaigners and Home Office ministers.
Clip 👇
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Our Professor Graham Farrell leads a national conference urging rounded kitchen knives to curb stabbings, presenting research on knife-harm reduction to victims, campaigners and Home Office ministers.
Clip 👇
tinyurl.com/zre95dru
Rima Ahmed - 20/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Waking you up each weekday morning, it's Rima Ahmed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📣School of Law academic in the news!
Our Professor Graham Farrell leads a national conference urging rounded kitchen knives to curb stabbings, presenting research on knife-harm reduction to victims, campaigners and Home Office ministers.
Clip 👇
tinyurl.com/zre95dru
Our Professor Graham Farrell leads a national conference urging rounded kitchen knives to curb stabbings, presenting research on knife-harm reduction to victims, campaigners and Home Office ministers.
Clip 👇
tinyurl.com/zre95dru
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📢 Call for abstracts 📢
We’re delighted to open the call for abstracts for LEPH2026, to be held in Leeds, UK from 6-9 September 2026.
We encourage submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, & community leaders.
Deadline: 16/03/26
Read more and submit 👇
leph2026.org
We’re delighted to open the call for abstracts for LEPH2026, to be held in Leeds, UK from 6-9 September 2026.
We encourage submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, & community leaders.
Deadline: 16/03/26
Read more and submit 👇
leph2026.org
LEPH 2026
The Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) and the ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre will jointly host the 8th International Law Enforcement and Public Health Conference, LEPH2026 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK from 6-9 September 2026.
leph2026.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 Call for abstracts 📢
We’re delighted to open the call for abstracts for LEPH2026, to be held in Leeds, UK from 6-9 September 2026.
We encourage submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, & community leaders.
Deadline: 16/03/26
Read more and submit 👇
leph2026.org
We’re delighted to open the call for abstracts for LEPH2026, to be held in Leeds, UK from 6-9 September 2026.
We encourage submissions from researchers, practitioners, policymakers, & community leaders.
Deadline: 16/03/26
Read more and submit 👇
leph2026.org
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We are delighted to announce the formation of The Ecological Law and Justice Group. The Group provides a focal point for the School's outstanding research and teaching in areas related to the environment.
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We are delighted to announce the formation of The Ecological Law and Justice Group. The Group provides a focal point for the School's outstanding research and teaching in areas related to the environment.
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
For more about their ambitions, experts, and how to get involved 👇
tinyurl.com/bdhkh7av
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1 week until our webinar “Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience”, which will explore findings from @dralimalik.bsky.social's & Dr Anna Matczak's projects.
📅 13 November
🕛 12-1pm GMT
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
📅 13 November
🕛 12-1pm GMT
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
Webinar: Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience
This webinar will examine projects about how police and partner agencies are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to climate change.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
1 week until our webinar “Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience”, which will explore findings from @dralimalik.bsky.social's & Dr Anna Matczak's projects.
📅 13 November
🕛 12-1pm GMT
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
📅 13 November
🕛 12-1pm GMT
@lawatleeds.bsky.social
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
Frank Dawtry Lecture on Friday on the subject of alcohol addiction.
Register and come along! ⬇️
Register and come along! ⬇️
Interested in the subject of alcohol addiction and its contribution to crime?
If so, then come along to this year's @ccjsleeds.bsky.social Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture with Professor Keith Humphreys.
📅 7 Nov
⏰ 12:15 - 1:30
Read more and register for your free ticket 👇
tinyurl.com/mr2t6m78
If so, then come along to this year's @ccjsleeds.bsky.social Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture with Professor Keith Humphreys.
📅 7 Nov
⏰ 12:15 - 1:30
Read more and register for your free ticket 👇
tinyurl.com/mr2t6m78
Select tickets – Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture – LG.06, Liberty Building
Frank Dawtry Memorial Lecture – LG.06, Liberty Building, Fri 7 Nov 2025 - Keith Humphreys is the Esther Ting Memorial Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University and an Honorary Professor of Psychi...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Frank Dawtry Lecture on Friday on the subject of alcohol addiction.
Register and come along! ⬇️
Register and come along! ⬇️
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Dr Rebecca Shaw’s ‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’ is a creative, evidence-based programme of Relationships, Sex and Health Education lessons on domestic abuse aimed at secondary school students years 7-11.
Learn more about this vital resource👇
tinyurl.com/yhpzs2wa
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social
Learn more about this vital resource👇
tinyurl.com/yhpzs2wa
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dr Rebecca Shaw’s ‘Changing the Narrative of Domestic Abuse’ is a creative, evidence-based programme of Relationships, Sex and Health Education lessons on domestic abuse aimed at secondary school students years 7-11.
Learn more about this vital resource👇
tinyurl.com/yhpzs2wa
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social
Learn more about this vital resource👇
tinyurl.com/yhpzs2wa
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social
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Make Space for Girls is looking for a new Chair of Trustees.
We campaign for better parks and public spaces for teenage girls and young women - spaces where they feel welcome, safe and valued.
Apply by 28 November
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
We campaign for better parks and public spaces for teenage girls and young women - spaces where they feel welcome, safe and valued.
Apply by 28 November
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
Could you be our next Chair Of Trustees?
Following the launch of our new three year strategy, we are recruiting a new Chair Of Trustees to take us into our next phase.
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Make Space for Girls is looking for a new Chair of Trustees.
We campaign for better parks and public spaces for teenage girls and young women - spaces where they feel welcome, safe and valued.
Apply by 28 November
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
We campaign for better parks and public spaces for teenage girls and young women - spaces where they feel welcome, safe and valued.
Apply by 28 November
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
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Today is National Personal Safety Day 2025 🎉
This year, alongside our sponsors @Peoplesafe, we are #ChangingShifts, #ChangingSafety by launching new research on workplace violence across hospitality, retail, transport and healthcare.
This year, alongside our sponsors @Peoplesafe, we are #ChangingShifts, #ChangingSafety by launching new research on workplace violence across hospitality, retail, transport and healthcare.
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is National Personal Safety Day 2025 🎉
This year, alongside our sponsors @Peoplesafe, we are #ChangingShifts, #ChangingSafety by launching new research on workplace violence across hospitality, retail, transport and healthcare.
This year, alongside our sponsors @Peoplesafe, we are #ChangingShifts, #ChangingSafety by launching new research on workplace violence across hospitality, retail, transport and healthcare.
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🚨Application window extended 🚨
Colleagues from @universityofleeds.bsky.social can now apply for the next Building Impact Momentum programme - helping researchers to define their research impact (impact beyond the academy & not academic impact) & build it into their research projects. Full details👇
Colleagues from @universityofleeds.bsky.social can now apply for the next Building Impact Momentum programme - helping researchers to define their research impact (impact beyond the academy & not academic impact) & build it into their research projects. Full details👇
📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🚨Application window extended 🚨
Colleagues from @universityofleeds.bsky.social can now apply for the next Building Impact Momentum programme - helping researchers to define their research impact (impact beyond the academy & not academic impact) & build it into their research projects. Full details👇
Colleagues from @universityofleeds.bsky.social can now apply for the next Building Impact Momentum programme - helping researchers to define their research impact (impact beyond the academy & not academic impact) & build it into their research projects. Full details👇
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As things stand, child poverty is on track to reach record highs by 2029-30.
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
As things stand, child poverty is on track to reach record highs by 2029-30.
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
By then, we predict that more than one-in-three British children (34 per cent) would be growing up in poverty.
That's the highest rate of child poverty we'd have seen since 1961 ⤵️ buff.ly/qVc9CWs
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Our Dr Charlotte Barlow is in the news, weighing in on Clare's Law, the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme. Her research shows Clare's Law is most effective for safeguarding when it is accessed earlier in a relationship, before a victim is fully under their partner's control. 👇
tinyurl.com/mpzt8fr6
tinyurl.com/mpzt8fr6
Police failed to tell me about my partner's violent past. He ended up strangling me
Delays have been widespread in a scheme protecting potential abuse victims, police data suggests.
tinyurl.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Our Dr Charlotte Barlow is in the news, weighing in on Clare's Law, the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme. Her research shows Clare's Law is most effective for safeguarding when it is accessed earlier in a relationship, before a victim is fully under their partner's control. 👇
tinyurl.com/mpzt8fr6
tinyurl.com/mpzt8fr6
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The digital divide continues to limit the life chances of millions of children in Northern England.
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Head to the comments for more info and resources...
#DigitalDivide #DigitalInclusion #DigitalFutures
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Head to the comments for more info and resources...
#DigitalDivide #DigitalInclusion #DigitalFutures
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The digital divide continues to limit the life chances of millions of children in Northern England.
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Head to the comments for more info and resources...
#DigitalDivide #DigitalInclusion #DigitalFutures
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Head to the comments for more info and resources...
#DigitalDivide #DigitalInclusion #DigitalFutures
📣Call #Leeds residents
Please complete this @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social survey on how safe women and girls feel when running and exercising in parks and public spaces.
Closes 30th November 2025.
surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/WNPXZ8/
Please re-share with your Leeds networks
Please complete this @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social survey on how safe women and girls feel when running and exercising in parks and public spaces.
Closes 30th November 2025.
surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/WNPXZ8/
Please re-share with your Leeds networks
Outdoor Exercise - Women’s Safety Perception Survey
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
surveys.leeds.gov.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📣Call #Leeds residents
Please complete this @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social survey on how safe women and girls feel when running and exercising in parks and public spaces.
Closes 30th November 2025.
surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/WNPXZ8/
Please re-share with your Leeds networks
Please complete this @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social survey on how safe women and girls feel when running and exercising in parks and public spaces.
Closes 30th November 2025.
surveys.leeds.gov.uk/s/WNPXZ8/
Please re-share with your Leeds networks
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🚨 Children in the North face a health crisis due to inactivity & inequality🚨
Leeds Institute for Societal Futures backs the #ChildrenFirst campaign calling for urgent change. Read the report and find out more👉 bit.ly/3KVmiTN
#ChildOfTheNorth #HealthInequalities #N8 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Leeds Institute for Societal Futures backs the #ChildrenFirst campaign calling for urgent change. Read the report and find out more👉 bit.ly/3KVmiTN
#ChildOfTheNorth #HealthInequalities #N8 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Children in the North are losing up to 10 years of life due to inactivity and inequality - N8 Research Partnership
Latest analysis from Child of the North reinforces how schools should not just be sites of learning, but key settings for support and holistic approaches to childhood health.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨 Children in the North face a health crisis due to inactivity & inequality🚨
Leeds Institute for Societal Futures backs the #ChildrenFirst campaign calling for urgent change. Read the report and find out more👉 bit.ly/3KVmiTN
#ChildOfTheNorth #HealthInequalities #N8 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Leeds Institute for Societal Futures backs the #ChildrenFirst campaign calling for urgent change. Read the report and find out more👉 bit.ly/3KVmiTN
#ChildOfTheNorth #HealthInequalities #N8 @universityofleeds.bsky.social
🌳 While the official #SaferParks: #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign comes to a close today, our work continues because everyone deserves to feel safe, welcome and respected in our parks. 💚
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🌳 While the official #SaferParks: #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign comes to a close today, our work continues because everyone deserves to feel safe, welcome and respected in our parks. 💚
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Join us for our upcoming webinar “Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience”, which will explore findings from @dralimalik.bsky.social's (@lawatleeds.bsky.social) and Dr Anna Matczak's (THUAS) projects.
📅 13 November
🕛 12pm-1pm
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
📅 13 November
🕛 12pm-1pm
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
Webinar: Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience
This webinar will examine projects about how police and partner agencies are preparing for, responding to, and adapting to climate change.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Join us for our upcoming webinar “Policing, climate vulnerabilities and pathways of resilience”, which will explore findings from @dralimalik.bsky.social's (@lawatleeds.bsky.social) and Dr Anna Matczak's (THUAS) projects.
📅 13 November
🕛 12pm-1pm
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
📅 13 November
🕛 12pm-1pm
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-po...
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Support the #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign to create #SaferParks.
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely
✅Get free active bystander training
🚩Display eye-catching posters
⬇️Download Safer Parks guidance
📣Lets StandUp together
🔗 Visit campaign at: shorturl.at/AP3uK
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely
✅Get free active bystander training
🚩Display eye-catching posters
⬇️Download Safer Parks guidance
📣Lets StandUp together
🔗 Visit campaign at: shorturl.at/AP3uK
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Support the #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign to create #SaferParks.
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely
✅Get free active bystander training
🚩Display eye-catching posters
⬇️Download Safer Parks guidance
📣Lets StandUp together
🔗 Visit campaign at: shorturl.at/AP3uK
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely
✅Get free active bystander training
🚩Display eye-catching posters
⬇️Download Safer Parks guidance
📣Lets StandUp together
🔗 Visit campaign at: shorturl.at/AP3uK
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Girls' use of parks drops after the age of 11. At a time when they should be gaining independence, many girls start to avoid parks.
Why? They feel that parks aren’t for them - there is nothing to do. Also, many state they don’t feel safe.
Why? They feel that parks aren’t for them - there is nothing to do. Also, many state they don’t feel safe.
October 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Girls' use of parks drops after the age of 11. At a time when they should be gaining independence, many girls start to avoid parks.
Why? They feel that parks aren’t for them - there is nothing to do. Also, many state they don’t feel safe.
Why? They feel that parks aren’t for them - there is nothing to do. Also, many state they don’t feel safe.
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🌳Parks are essential green spaces for exercise, socialising, relaxation, but 1 in 6 UK women feel unsafe in them even in daylight. That's why @annabarker.bsky.social @suzylamplughtrust.bsky.social & @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social have launched the #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🌳Parks are essential green spaces for exercise, socialising, relaxation, but 1 in 6 UK women feel unsafe in them even in daylight. That's why @annabarker.bsky.social @suzylamplughtrust.bsky.social & @keepbritaintidy.bsky.social have launched the #StandUpAgainstStreetHarassment campaign
👏 Endorsed by #PoliceCrimePreventionInitiatives, the 2nd edition of the #SaferParks guidance was launched at the #NationalProblemSolvingConference
🎥 Michael Brooke reflects on the vital link between crime prevention and safe park design and calls for the guidance to be used to make a difference.
🎥 Michael Brooke reflects on the vital link between crime prevention and safe park design and calls for the guidance to be used to make a difference.
Police CPI endorses Safer Parks Guidance
YouTube video by Secured by Design
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
👏 Endorsed by #PoliceCrimePreventionInitiatives, the 2nd edition of the #SaferParks guidance was launched at the #NationalProblemSolvingConference
🎥 Michael Brooke reflects on the vital link between crime prevention and safe park design and calls for the guidance to be used to make a difference.
🎥 Michael Brooke reflects on the vital link between crime prevention and safe park design and calls for the guidance to be used to make a difference.
What would you do if you saw harassment in your local park? 🌳
Harassment in parks and public spaces is a key safety concern for women and girls — and park staff are often the first to witness or respond.
🧵 (1/6)
Harassment in parks and public spaces is a key safety concern for women and girls — and park staff are often the first to witness or respond.
🧵 (1/6)
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
What would you do if you saw harassment in your local park? 🌳
Harassment in parks and public spaces is a key safety concern for women and girls — and park staff are often the first to witness or respond.
🧵 (1/6)
Harassment in parks and public spaces is a key safety concern for women and girls — and park staff are often the first to witness or respond.
🧵 (1/6)
A quick win for many organisations looking to up-skill their workforces ⬇️
Harassment in parks and public spaces is a key safety concern for women and girls.
Police and community safety professionals are invited to take part in free training on active bystander intervention - helping you respond safely and empathetically when harassment occurs.
Police and community safety professionals are invited to take part in free training on active bystander intervention - helping you respond safely and empathetically when harassment occurs.
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A quick win for many organisations looking to up-skill their workforces ⬇️
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Look around parks - who is missing?
Teenage girls are systemically designed out of parks and public spaces. We campaign to design them in.
It’s just 5 days to go until the Big Give campaign starts.
Donate to Make Space for Girls between 8-15 October and every donation is doubled.
Teenage girls are systemically designed out of parks and public spaces. We campaign to design them in.
It’s just 5 days to go until the Big Give campaign starts.
Donate to Make Space for Girls between 8-15 October and every donation is doubled.
October 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Look around parks - who is missing?
Teenage girls are systemically designed out of parks and public spaces. We campaign to design them in.
It’s just 5 days to go until the Big Give campaign starts.
Donate to Make Space for Girls between 8-15 October and every donation is doubled.
Teenage girls are systemically designed out of parks and public spaces. We campaign to design them in.
It’s just 5 days to go until the Big Give campaign starts.
Donate to Make Space for Girls between 8-15 October and every donation is doubled.
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📣 Ever seen harassment take place but not been sure what to do?
Our bystander training equips you with five simple tools to recognise and address harassment, helping create safer spaces for everyone.
📍 Sessions last 30 minutes and run most weeks - register now: shorturl.at/fqPfC
Our bystander training equips you with five simple tools to recognise and address harassment, helping create safer spaces for everyone.
📍 Sessions last 30 minutes and run most weeks - register now: shorturl.at/fqPfC
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📣 Ever seen harassment take place but not been sure what to do?
Our bystander training equips you with five simple tools to recognise and address harassment, helping create safer spaces for everyone.
📍 Sessions last 30 minutes and run most weeks - register now: shorturl.at/fqPfC
Our bystander training equips you with five simple tools to recognise and address harassment, helping create safer spaces for everyone.
📍 Sessions last 30 minutes and run most weeks - register now: shorturl.at/fqPfC
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Ever seen harassment in a park and didn’t know what to do?
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct.
✅Free bystander training: shorturl.at/TVJbF
🔗Visit #SaferParks campaign: www.greenflagaward.org/safer-parks-...
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct.
✅Free bystander training: shorturl.at/TVJbF
🔗Visit #SaferParks campaign: www.greenflagaward.org/safer-parks-...
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Ever seen harassment in a park and didn’t know what to do?
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct.
✅Free bystander training: shorturl.at/TVJbF
🔗Visit #SaferParks campaign: www.greenflagaward.org/safer-parks-...
💡Learn the 5Ds to intervene safely: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct.
✅Free bystander training: shorturl.at/TVJbF
🔗Visit #SaferParks campaign: www.greenflagaward.org/safer-parks-...